The Best Part of Rain Camp – Meeting Old Friends

I’m back at my fourth Rain Camp at a beautiful venue in San Diego,

and as much as I enjoy the new ideas I pick up from Ben Kinney and the AR staff and the reminders of the things I have yet to do that I know I should, I think the best part is “meeting” friends.

 Today, I had lunch with Russel Ray and Jim Frimmer.  I hadn’t met either of them IRL before though I’ve talked with both of them several times.  I also was happily surprised to see Renee Burrows at lunch. There are were other friends I ran into as well. I was fortunate to be on a panel with Jeff Dowler and Russel.  It’s just a great time.

This to me, is one of the best things about Rain Camp, the opportunity to solidify friendships made online.

Of course, there is a ton of value and knowledge of blogging and social networking to be gained from Rain Camp, and I’ll post some tips later.